Population explosion: Kaduna unveils state-funded family planning procurement guidelines

The Kaduna State government has unveiled its state-funded family planning procurement guidelines to bridge the widening funding gap for family planning consumables and address population explosion.

 The Commissioner, Budget and Planning Commission, Kaduna State, Hajiya Umma Aboki, while speaking at the unveiling, “The risk of a widening funding gap remains high for FP Basket Fund; this is due to the dependent nature of donor funding which is becoming unsustainable.

“This assertion poses a potential threat to the state and country at large in terms of population explosion where the birth rate is uncontrolled, high maternal mortality rate, teenage pregnancies and obstetric fistula.

 “You may be aware that the FP commodities have always been procured centrally through the National Contraceptives Basket Fund which was established in 2011 for the procurement of contraceptives with support from donor agencies and UNFPA as the procurement agent. 

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“However, Nigeria faces uncertainty on sustainability. This uncertainty is largely attributed to the dwindling financial resources, donor fatigue, untimely and often incomplete release of federal government counterpart funding.

 “The annual funding gap analysis from 2016 to 2022 has shown variance between funding requirement and funding commitment leading to a huge funding gap.

“In 2016, the funding requirement was 19.6 million dollars and the funding commitment was 7 million dollars which created a funding gap of 12.6 million dollars.”